His most recent role was playing Brooklyn Dodgers' shortstopPee Wee Reese in the 2013 drama 42. Black, having done previous sports films and played sports early in his life, found the filming experience to be "a lot more enjoyable because you get to reminisce about the days when I used to play, and then you get the experience of being on a team again with the actors and have that camaraderie with the players".[6]

In 2014, Lucas was cast in the NCIS: New Orleans as a NCIS Special Agent Lasalle.[7] In 2015, he reprised his Tokyo Drift role in a cameo appearance in the seventh film of The Fast and the Furious series, Furious 7.